Yellowstone River Bridge · Photo: am · CC BY-SA 3.0Fallon has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Fallon has 12 jobs; 39 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Fallon for work; outside it, Terry is the main destination (23%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fallon, and who commutes in
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Fallon on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Fallon ends
Where Fallon clocks in
23% of workers
13% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Fallon, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fallon, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fallon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fallon
of Fallon workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Fallon
About 45% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fallon: questions
What is the median household income in Fallon?
$18,684 (±$14,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fallon?
64.1%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fallon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terry (23%, 9 mi), Billings (13%, 179 mi), Miles City (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fallon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fallon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fallon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.